Skx'TEMBEU 13, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1073 



of our crops in the vicinity of Columbus 

 and Fremont, Neb. We regret to report 

 that tho cucumber and muskmelon are in 

 poor condition and the vines in a back- 

 ward and in some cases almost dead 

 stage, caused by the aphis and the hot, 

 dry weather, so that the first setting of 

 fruit is about the extent of the crop in 

 sight. 



"We believe the cucumber and musk- 

 melon seed crops iu Nebraska will be less 

 than fifty per cent of an average crop 

 and look for quite an advance in the 

 prices of nearly all of the standard va- 

 rieties as the shortage is more fully 

 realized. 



"Pumpkin, squash and watermelon 

 are in better shape, but the fruits on 

 these have not set so thickly as usual 

 and are somewhat late, so that we do 

 not look for any large yields or surplus. 



"Sweet corn and field corn are doing 

 well and arc maturing fast in the hot, 

 windy days Me now are having, and un- 

 less we have an early, hard frost we look 

 for good yields of most varieties. Some 

 of the corn crops are somewhat late and 

 will need two to three weeks to fully 

 make good, well-matured corn. The 

 acreage is considerably smaller than 

 usual and we do not look for any large 

 surplus of sweet corn this season." 



QUITS CHICAGO BOARD. 



Albert Dickinson, president of the 

 Albert Dickinson Co., a firm that is 

 among tho leading grass seed dealers of 

 the country, on September 11 posted his 

 Chicago Board of Trade membership for 

 transfer. The posting of the member- 

 ship practically means the passing of the 

 big seed house from the Chicago board. 



The Dickinson firm has not i)een act- 

 ively represented on the exchange since 

 March 1, when the present commission 

 rule,, wliich provides for trading charges 

 double those which prevailed before that 

 date, went into effect. The Dickinson 

 company complained when the higher 

 rates were being agitated that th^ adop- 

 tion of them and the placing of all 

 traders on a brokerage basis would mili- 

 tate against progress in its business. 

 Conservative members of the Board of 

 Trade figure that the withdrawal of t^e 

 Dickinson house will result in the divert- 

 ing of much grass seed business to other 

 market points. It is believed that the 

 bulk of business will go to Duluth and 

 Minneapolis. 



EUROPEAN SEED NOTES. 



Throughout nearly the whole of Eu- 

 rope we are experiencing so many vari- 

 ations in weather that it is di%u]t to 

 give any accurate idea many weeks 

 ahead of results of any seed crops. A 

 much more hopeful report has been given 

 recently of the general run of crops, but 

 now so many extremes of weather are 

 coniinually occurring that few crops are 

 left unharmed. 



Perhaps radish crops have suffered the 

 worst. What the weather had left of 

 the French and Italian crops insect 

 troubles have finished off, and supplies 

 are nearly ruined. Of the Holland crops 

 only a small acreage was planted and 

 this applies also to England, so that lit- 

 tle may be expected from these sources. 



The result of the excessive heat will 

 be a high germination, and such weather 

 conditions usually leave nothing to be 

 •lesired. The few crops of turnip that 

 hav6 been thrashed and tested have re- 

 sulted in a high percentage of germina- 



PBELIMINABY ANNOUNCEMENT 



Onr Four Grand New Sweet Peas 



NORA UNWIN, the most mafnificent wliite yet introduced. 

 MRS. ALFRED WATKINS, a superb pink. 

 FRANK DOLBT, an enormous-flowered Lady Orisel Hamilton. 

 K. J. CA8TUE, an enormous, liKhter-coIored John Innman. 



AU of the same Rrand size and character as Gladys Unwin, absolutely fixed in 

 color, and do not sport. Kaob, $3.00 per doz. packets, $15.00 per 100. 



gvery BeedBman Should Include These in His Kew Seaaon'e Catalogue. 



Colored plate and fuller descriptions on application to 



WATKINS ft SIMPSON, 



Wholesale 

 Seed Merchants 



18 T»Tistock Street, Covent Oarden, 



LONDON, ENGLAND 



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True Teneriffe. 

 $100.00 per 100 lbs. F. O. B. Hamburg. 



PANDANUS UTILIS 



$1.50 per 1000 seeds; $42 50 per lO.OCO seeds. 

 Cash with order. 



ALBERT SCHENKEL, seed Cromer 



HAMBURG, GERMANY 



Wholcaale dealer in Seeds of Palms. 

 Fema, AqparaKos, Calla *nd other tropl* 

 cal plants. Illustrated Catalogue, free on demand. 



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FOR DELIVERY IN PALL 

 AND SPRING 



INGUSH MANEHI Stocks for Florists 

 Holland Roses, Rliododeiidrons, Hollies, Etc. 

 LILY OF THE VALLEY Kte-^^dSJ 

 French Fruit and Ornamental Stoci(s 

 Raffia from Stocl( and for Import 



For catalogues, prices, etc., please apply to 



H. Frank Darrow, Importer 



Snccessor to Ang. Rhotert 

 se Barclay St., P. O. Box 1250, New York 



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One million fine, one-year, Bngrllsh-g^rown 

 Also a larire stock of Roses, all leading kinds 

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BELGIAN PLANTS' 



Asaleaflt Araacari»e, Sweet Bay a, 

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LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, BeUrium. 



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When Wrltlns Adyertlsers 



The Royal Tottenham 

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Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DLR ELST 



Dedemsvaarf, Holland 



Headq)!i^rter&for Hardy Perennials, among; 

 vrbich ar^-fbe iBtest and choicest. 13 acres de- 

 voted to Krowing this line, including Anemone, 

 Aster. Campanula. Delphinium, Funkias, Hero- 

 erocallis, Hepatica. Incarvillea, Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decuBsata and suffniticosa. Primula, 

 Pyrethrum.Tritoma. Hardy Heath. Hardy Ferns. 

 Also 5 acres of Daffodils. 12 acres of Conifers, 

 specially young choice varieties to be grown on; 

 3 acres Rhododendrons, including the best Amer- 

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 We make it a point to grow all the latebt novel- 

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A part of our Rhododendron Hybrid. 



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WIBOLTTS SNOWBALL 

 CAULIFLOWER-SEED 



- , .-».'''•'' earliest of 

 M^ Qi all Snovballv ihr 

 llll iV* <"0^ compact, the 

 ""•^^^surea header, .s 

 giving the largest and sno«- 

 whitest heads, and is the 

 best keeper in dry-mrather. 

 Demand it through yniir 

 seed-firm or direct from 



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